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alwayzsidewayz

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  1. I can use mine more on my daily 40mile commute.

     

    I think its so hard, as I used to use my black 6 as my only car and do a 11 mile daily commute. So miles were not high

     

    Having used my Sky a lot in lock down, I have stuck some decent miles on her, but she is still not a car I use everyday

    ( damn Ind est shut one set of gates mid lockdown and forced me to go over 5 of the most harsh speed bumps known to man, so I stopped using the Celica after scraping the under body...twice. Grr)

  2. On 16/05/2020 at 18:02, slybunda said:

    a lot of blaggers out there. got to keep your eyes on them. i think i know who your on about that was claiming 270bhp na on the 190 engine on facebook. no dyno printout to prove it.

    Indeed, my fear is, that people get taken in by all this nonsense, and before you know it, they are well out of pocket and out of love with a great car.

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  3. 31 minutes ago, ams said:

     

    I was thinking the same mate

     

    There are dyno's out there, that are intentionally generous because it does bring in the young lads,

     

    we used to see some of them on here years ago making 150 on a vvti with an exhaust and K+N

    Trouble is, some of these guys n girls sink a lot of money into their cars thinking it will do this that and the other power wise. Its so hard to keep repeating the same things. 

  4. 12 hours ago, _Chris_ said:

    The Celica is particularly difficult to get gains because the original was done by Yamaha who are masters of inlet & exhaust tuning. Most changes actually reduce (usable) power.

    Still does not stop the online warriors talking up 220bhp from cams, ecu and an exhaust! 

    The issue also appears to be that some people are selling dreams off big bolt on power, when its all bogus.

    Hate seeing people ripped off

     

  5. 50 minutes ago, digs said:

    Well, my st202 has 250 ish lol

     

    FB is weird, some interesting stuff and cars around the world which is pretty cool but dramarama much ! 
     

    Prob because everything has so much power these days can’t believe they aren’t quicker ! Better looking mind 

    I agree Matey, I think they love the drama and attention. I think I will just drop out of Social Media for a bit. I was just hanging on with C-19, but all this recent nonsense about Celicas and stupid owners just has tipped me over the edge.

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  6. On social media, its almost daily thing at present. Boast that your T sport has 220bhp on a exhaust and filter, that your 3sge in your 20 year old ST202 makes 200bhp with no external mods at all. Its appears to afflict mostly 6 & 7 owners and those that run NA.

     

    Why do people do it? Its just cloud cuckoo land, Us Celica guys end up looking stupid by association, and when you do try to help them, you get all manner of dross thrown back.

     

    Its daft..

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  7. In your car, you have a number of suspension bushes.

    These are in the following parts:

    Front wishbones, You will have two IIRC

    Then in the rear suspension, you have a hub, arm and wishbone on each side that again feature bushes.

    A cars suspension is not just shocks and springs. 

    Have a look here to understand what I mean

    https://parts.olathetoyota.com/auto-parts/2000/toyota/celica/gts-trim/1-8l-l4-gas-engine/rear-suspension-cat/rear-suspension-scat

    https://parts.olathetoyota.com/auto-parts/2000/toyota/celica/gts-trim/1-8l-l4-gas-engine/front-suspension-cat/suspension-components-scat

    It is far more involved than just springs and shocks you see. 

    Hope that helps you

     

  8. Nice one, and if you are doing that, you may as well drop the tank and treat that.

    Replace all the rubber / bushes in the suspension. New shocks & springs etc maybe

    New fixings, as many as you can see are crusty

    re paint all the brackets etc

    May as well re do the brakes too, so they match everything

    And boom, its all sorted. :-) easy as that.

    Then its all about the topside and looking after that

     

  9. Hope it goes well.

    It is really easy to under estimate the labour required to blast all the rust and dirt etc off before covering the underside.

    If I was you, I would do it differently if you plan on keeping the car, but that is me.

    I would get some spare suspension parts, get them blasted and painted etc, then get a garage to drop the old stuff, get as much of the kit refurbished, and while the underside is stripped, then get it blasted and treated.

    Then re fit etc

     

  10. 5 hours ago, Carling said:


    Who did you use mate and what was the cost after? Did they have the car long? 

    My car had extensive Rust damage. It should have been scrapped to be honest.

    So I am not a valid comparrison. The two sessions with the welder, who re built the rear of the car, took a good while. As did the complete strip down, and treatment.

    Mine was more of a rescue and restoration.

    JPF toyota do all the work on my car.

  11. 9 minutes ago, Akuma77 said:

    7 years ive owned mine and most of the time you brush away dirt etc when you do jobs and also most of the time MOTs are the ones that say if your car is bad 

    Sadly mine needed that treatment for a good few years before I got her. By then things had got worse and went downhill far faster than I thought they would.

    Prevention is always better than cure

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  12. Honestly, unless your Celica has led a very protected life, with little use in bad weather and dry stored, you will not find your car to be stage 2. It will be more like stage 3.

    How can you protect the entire car, if you do not take things such as fuel tanks, subframes suspension etc off the vehicle?

    The issue is, once you strip and disturb all the running gear, then you need to think about fastenings, fitting old parts back etc.

    It quickly escalates.

    Its catch 22, as Honestly the amount mine has cost me has been a huge hit. So you have to mange costs I get it

     

     But I can now use the car with full peace of mind at least, when I can afford to put fuel in it

     

  13. check out my thread for full details, but I had the entire underside of my car stripped to bare metal, new metal welded in, then all treated in a 4 stage POR 15 process.

     

    Not cheap but car will last now. Those basic sprays over everything, in my opinion do nothing but promote and hide rot, as said above. do it right or not at all I feel

     

    Finished 4.jpg

    tank 5.jpg

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